Robert Tenorio

Robert Tenorio is a potter from Santo Domingo Pueblo. Born in 1950, Tenorio is the son of Andrew and Juanita Tenorio. He grew up watching his grandmother, Andrea Ortiz, make pottery. He also learned pottery making from his great-aunt, Lupe Tenorio. He then went to the Institute of American Indian Arts where he originally studied jewelry making before switching to ceramics under the tutelage of Ohille Loloma, the wife of jeweler Charles Loloma. Tenorio has been potting full time since 1970 and continued to experiment with clays, slips, designs and forms.